Let’s do mora practice with familiar vocabularies! — pronounce with rhythm patterns

Abstract

• Can do : grasp the sense of mora by using rhythm patterns
• Study Style : Practice along the rhythm pattern in your mind
• Tools: Papers and pens
• Preparation : Vocabularies that you are studying/you have studied

How to

1. Analyze the vocabs’ rhythm patterns

• tta (short syllable)：あ、か、きゃ・・
• tan (Long syllable)：あっ、あー、あん、あい・・

*tan is for special mora and diphthong

• ビル：ta ta
• ビール：tan ta
• きのう：ta tan

2. Divide familiar vocabularies into patterns

• tata：ビル　とり　ちず
• tanta：ビール　とおり　チーズ
• tatan：きのう　りょこう　とけい

3. Pronounce each patterns of vocabularies

If you cannot find more than 1 vocabs for a pattern, repeat the word more than 3 times.
Try not to pause between words for better grasping of the rhythm!
Once you succeed pronouncing words, add particles and try again!

Make as many rhythm patterns as possible.